The series

The Cardamom & Co. Mysteries

A spice and pastry shop on a Vermont town green, a pastry chef from Madras, an orange cat on a lead, and a town that does not stop being a town for anybody’s private catastrophe.

Cover of A Pinch of Murder

Book One

A Pinch of Murder

Coming soon

Book TwoA Grain of Salt

Book Two

A Grain of Salt

Forthcoming

Book ThreeA Twist of Saffron

Book Three

A Twist of Saffron

Forthcoming

Book Two · forthcoming

A Grain of Salt

On a Friday evening in April, with the first crocuses up on the churned grass by the eastern hedge and the maples on the green in soft bud, Sheriff Marcus Chen will walk into Cardamom & Co. with a folder he has been keeping in a locked drawer.

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